Burgundy misses out in Chardonnay du Monde top 10

24 March, 2010

The Forum Oenologie association has announced the results of this year’s Chardonnay du Monde competition, held at Château des Ravatys in Saint-Lager, Burgundy.

The top 10 Gold medal winners in the 17th annual Chardonnay du Monde competition included wines from Austria, Greece, South Africa and Spain as well two champagnes, two Vin de Pays wines from Loire and Languedoc, and sweet Chardonnays from Germany and Canada.

In total the Chardonnay du Monde judges awarded 65 Gold, 174 Silver and 57 Bronze medals, but of the 11 wines from Burgundy and Chablis that won Gold, none found a place in the top flight this year.

The competition, judged over four days in early March, prides itself on its adherence to a code of “diversity, quality and high standards”. Strict scientific criteria are applied to the judging process, and new judges all undergo a full day of training before being admitted to the tasting panels.

In the 2010 competition, 300 international expert judges assessed 887 wine samples from 37 different countries.

The top 10 winners in the 2010 Chardonnay du Monde were (in the order published):

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